A pair of Scottsbluff High School Students, one who graduated in 2017 and one who will be a senior in the fall, are exchanging roles this summer, becoming teachers to younger students at a Scottsbluff elementary school.
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SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – A pair of Scottsbluff High School Students, one who graduated in 2017 and one who will be a senior in the fall, are exchanging roles this summer, becoming teachers to younger students at a Scottsbluff elementary school.
Teens as Teachers is a pilot program that Nebraska Extension is trying in Scotts Bluff, Hall, Madison and Colfax counties. According to local coordinator Leo Sierra, Teens as Teachers is aimed at providing positive learning experiences to under-served audiences by youthful teachers who look like them.
Sierra works in the Scotts Bluff County Extension office, coordinating a pair of programs in local schools designed to engage youth who have not traditionally been a part of the 4-H clientele.
The two high-school-students-turned teachers have spent the past several weeks developing learning activities based on 4-H curriculum and have been carrying out the activities with summer school attendees at Roosevelt Elementary School in Scottsbluff.
Sierra coordinates the 4-H mentoring program in Scotts Bluff County and also the TEAMS program. TEAMS (Together Everyone Achieves More Success) is designed to improve middle-school and high-school students’ chances of staying in school, graduating and attending college. It provides students and parents with experience in skill-building, networking, mentoring, resources and exposure to the college atmosphere.
The two Teens as Teachers – Luis Cordova and Llicel Rodriguez – worked to recruit young students who are attending summer school at Roosevelt Elementary to participate in a series of six lessons.
Sierra has helped Cordova and Rodriguez set program goals, select curriculum, create lessons plans and develop recruitment strategies. Cordova and Rodriguez have also received training in leadership, developing curriculum, and other useful skills such as lesson planning, leadership team development, experiential learning and communications.